[AfrICANN-discuss] [AFRI-Discuss] Call for a theme for the Joint AFRALO/AfrICANN Meeting at ICANN 54 Dublin

[Seun Ojedeji]

I don't think it's accurate to say this does not concern this region
otherwise we will not have seen over 100+ contributions to ccwg on
accountability with just 2 of the contributions from Africa! The fact that
98+ of the contributions came from other continents should at least be of
concern and raise our curiosity on why other regions are taking this
seriously.

Maybe I should state 2 reasons why a developing region like Africa could be
affected by ICANN accountability/IANA transition.

- Internet penetration is increasing in the region, being part of it by
using is not enough. Participating in determining how it should serve the
region/world should be important to us as well.

- ICANN as the global coordinator of the internet identifiers (the IANA
operator) is undergoing a reform that could affect how we use the tool
called internet

So if we recognise this as an issue, the solution you refer will then (as
usual) be collectively developed on the list and shared to the ICANN
community (which is beyond AFRALO/Africann).

Regards
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Kindly excuse brevity and typos.
On 17 Sep 2015 14:46, "Dr Eberhard W Lisse" <el at lisse.na> wrote:

> I really do not have any idea how the IANA Transition and/or ICANN
> Accountability could in any, even marginal, way affect any
> developing economy.
>
> There might be a case for the effect, if any, on ccTLD Managers in
> developing countries, but then this would be a ccNSO issue, and in
> any case not even addressed by the CCWG/CWG/ICG work.
>
> Why don't you draft a solution, we agree to it on the list, saving
> the proposer the embarrassment of having to actually read it aloud,
> do with it whatever it is you guys do with these resolutions, and go
> to the pub instead on Wednesday afternoon.
>
> el
>
> On 2015-09-17 10:26, Mary Uduma wrote:
> > All,
> > I support Seun's proposal as those were my first line of thoughts.
> > Is it possible to view this from developing countries perspective
> > instead of narrowing it to Africa only?  Making it more general or
> > broader considering ICANN Board's new proposal/response to the
> > CCWG Accountability Public Comment.
> >
> > "The impact of IANA Transition and ICANN Accountability on
> > Developing Economies" ..........  or a better formulation by
> > others.
> >
> > We may look at any aspect(s) of the IANA Transition and the ICANN
> > accountability that affect the DNS industry in developing
> > countries, including users.  How simple and clear or complicated
> > are the proposals?  Are there enough safeguards in the these
> > proposals to prevent capture by one or few internet
> > stakeholder(s)?  Region(s)?  Group(s)?  Developing economies are
> > largely government driven environment, particularly Africa, it
> > showed up at the AFIGF during the presentation on IANA transition
> > and accountability, the overarching question was "where does the
> > government come into the Multi-stakeholder oversight equation?"
> > Are we sure this has been fully and adequately addressed by the
> > proposals vis a vice the NTIA requirements for the transition to
> > happen.
> >
> > These are some thought provoking questions I believe we should
> > address in our communique on the proposed theme.  Others may wish
> > to raise more questions for the drafting committee.
> >
> > My personal thoughts, please.
> >
> > Mary Uduma
> [...]
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